June 29 was the Texas deadline for petitions for newly-qualifying parties, and for independent candidates. No one turned in a statewide petition. Four independent candidates for U.S. Senate had filed a declaration of candidacy earlier this year, but they did not submit a petition. None of the parties that submitted a declaration of intent to petition this year filed a petition either, for statewide status. It is possible some parties turned in a petition to be on the ballot in a single county or two.
Parties that didn’t need to petition, because they polled enough votes in 2010 to remain on, are the Democratic, Green, Libertarian, and Republican Parties.
Shame that Americans Elect had enough signatures to gain ballot access in Texas and then didn’t nominate a candidate and didn’t turn in their petition.
Big opportunity missed.
How many UN-equal ballot access deadlines in 2012 in all 50 States and D.C. — plus the occupied U.S.A. colonies ???
ONLY the BAN database knows for sure ???
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P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.
ONE election – ONE deadline date for ballot access.
Is this from the SOS office? Any independent congressional and legislative candidates would also file with the SOS.
Does anyone know the official reason why Americans Elect dropped their effort to nominate a Presidential ticket in 2012? Was it because none of the “leading” candidates (such as even former Governor Buddy Roemer of Louisiana) were scoring high enough in the polls to justify being “electable” by Americans Elect? Did Americans Elect insist on someone pulling at least 15 to 20 percent in the polls similar to what Ross Perot was pulling in 1992?
I agree that seems to be a waste of resources and time. How much was spent on ballot access alone? It does seem like a lost opportunity to give voters a choice.
No one had the minimum number of preference clicks.
Why not talk about black helicopters and say that American’s Elect was using this money to get someone nominated on the off chance that Mitt Romney failed in his bid to get the required number of delegates. Does politics really make strange bedfellows?
Who knows for sure. Was it really the small number of clicks.
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I did notice some strange activity driving in from New Meixco recently. I was near some “area” and was wondering if that might have something to do with AE’s dropping its nominating process.
Anyone ever hear Romney talk about UFOs? Me neither. Coincidence or coverup? Inquiring minds want to know.
No 5. If no one had the minimum number of preference clicks, then who was managing Governor Roemers’s campaign? Surely, they knew the rules and surely they had the means to get enough of his supporters throughout the nation to go online and vote (click) for him. How many clicks did a candidate have to have? 10 million?
#7 US 285 (Roswell to Marfa)?